Westlake 63, Briarcliff 55: At Westlake, Natalie Alfieri had 15 points, her varsity high, and Katie Cullen added 11. Cassidy Carrifielo had five three pointers and two free throws for 17 points and Summer Horowitz had 12 for the Bears.

Woodlands 62, Ardsley 52: At Woodlands, Niya Khan his six free throws in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter to help seal the win for the Falcons. She finished with nine. Imani Tilford (shown right) had 22 points and Shanice Perry had 16. Crystal Hopkins had 10 points and 14 rebounds. Toni Pilla had 16 points and Cassidy Wootten had 10 for the Panthers.

Phil Terrigno joined The Journal News in May 2012 and has covered high school sports, area colleges and produced enterprise stories. A 2012 Marist College graduate, he served as the Editor-In-Chief of it's student newspaper and captain of it's nationally ranked rugby club. He previously interned with CBS News, The Poughkeepsie Journal and Sportsnet New York. Twitter: @philterrigno

Colonial – NR just isnt as good as everyone has been saying but give them a break, they got crushed by PR twice and now lost to South. PR is the best team in Rockland hands down and South is probably next. NR is all guards with the exception of Rivera who is more of a small forward but plays like a guard.

We will try and have solid records for all teams by playoff time, this way we can have a good idea of what the playoff picture will look like. As for stats, if you need specific players, we can give you PPG, but since most coaches don’t keep track of RPG or APG, we can’t really supply those. Even the PPG, we’d be calculating by hand most likely.

Rchoops-definitely not “a lot” of talent at NR, a couple of good players but mostly guards and no size at all. Metcalf isnt a bad coach, not a very good one but he did turn that program around? They were pathetic.

the HSS site has points but you have to be really careful….the point totals are generally right for each game but the averages that they calculate are wrong (they count games that players didnt’ play in or they otherwise just don’t do the math right for average).. so you would have to count the baskets by hand which they do have for the most part and do your own math

Nothing is wrong with North Rockland, they are small and will have trouble with bigger teams. That is not to say that they can not beat them. They did not get blown out here. BTW, East Ramapo beating North, North has a solid team not great but solid. It is a big deal to see that ER is no longer the sister everyone stomps on and finally being a tough game.

North Rockland is a decent team but has no height..so teams that have a height advantage can exploit that,there defense isn’t that great( even though Cl South only had 4 pts in the 2 and 3rd quarters it was more poor shooting than good defense).. Coach Metcalf has to learn to adjust during a game,something on here that every one agrees on that he doesn’t ( or can’t).. that being said being a decent team in there league( big school league) is not enough( the big school div is relatively weak this year in regards to previous years ) as the small school division has the top teams( AM,Pr,Tz).. I also think the comment that Metcalf has restored the program to it’s position is wrong because as another poster stated Coach Becky Miller had only one losing season and before that Coach Korn had a great program..north rockland has good guards and will prosper next year( that is if Rivera stays,as posters above..maybe PJ her dad..she is leaving North Rockland next year…) I think NR will grab around a 10 or 11 seed in sections but unfortunately don’t see them advancing past the first round..westchesters AA ball is just too tough w/ Ossining,Lourdes,JJ being the big teams

Holla – good post but no team has real height in Rockland…Metcalf needs to make adjustments, I was at NR-PR game and he did nothing, just watched PR score 89 points. NR is a good AA in Rockland because AA is weak other than CS. You can’t fault Metcalf for playing PR twice and some other tough games but he needs to learn as the girls need to get better. THey do still havee 11 wins already, who else can say that?

As for the smaller schools, PR and AM will always be good, TZ had a good run but that coach isn’t good either so they will suffer in the future like this year.

Rivera isn’t going anywhere but If Rivera goes anywhere it will be to NJ or she’d have to sit out a year in she goes to AM

Metcalf has improved his teams record every year he has coached but he hasn’t resurrected a bad program..North Rockland was a force in the big league division for eons,while he had some slippage in talent until this year as posters have said Coach Korn was a legend,coach Miller( who is now asst at Cl.South) never lost to Cl North/Cl South/suffern….
12-13. Decent year 11-5(so far) lost to Cl South 2X
11-12 .decent year 13-6..exits sections in 1st rd..lost to ClSouth 2X
10-11 7-12. Lost to south 2x,north 2X,suffern 2X
9-10. 5-14 Lost to North 2X,suffern 2x
8-9. Record? Lost to North 2X,Suffern 2x
He really is a decent coach but needs to work on his teams defense/ learn to adjust during a game othewise it will be the same as the last few years…

Now to another subject…posters mentioned about C.Rivera and another star might be leaving to elsewhere to play…remember this if a kid goes from public to private( catholic) they can play right away according to section 1 rules but the reason thos kids are leaving public to private is not for basketball but for a better education or a Christian education. (WINK WINK)